Diagnostic performance of CT findings in differentiation of perforated from nonperforated appendicitis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1422-1429

  Suthikeeree, Wanwarang ^a   Lertdomrongdej, Lassanun ^a   Charoensak, Apinya ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

CT findings; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPENDIX WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONPERFORATED APPENDICITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650066752     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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